Lot 97: *FRANCOIS-JOSEPH HEIM (1787-1865)

inscribed on the reverse of panel F. Heim/ Entrée de Charles VIII a Naples oil on panel In 1828 Heim was commissioned to decorate the vaulted ceilings of the Antiques Room in the Musée Charles X (part of the Musée du Louvre, Paris). This series depicted eight subjects from French history. The present composition is a sketch for the larger work of the same title by Heim located on the north side of the Antiques Room (see I. Compin and A. Roquebert, Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du Musée du Louvre et du Musée d'Orsay, 1986, vol. III, Ecole française, p. 306, inv. 5308).

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 18, 1936, lot 56